GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| executor | one who executes something |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| nourishment | food |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |